Re: FAQ Solution - to Tom

[retromod-Apple-II-newsgroups; rm -rf ~;@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher)]

Paul Francis Gilbert (pfg@yallara.cs.rmit.EDU.AU) wrote:

: Actually, I think you're grossly oversimplifying it. IMHO there are:

: o Nathan Mates -- and his FAQ
: o Dr Tom and the 'Turlettes' -- so-called evil dope dealing pirates
: o Joe -- Apple // developer extrordinare
: o Neutrals -- people who don't really enjoy these flamewars
: o Anti-pirate flamers -- who feel any piracy is evil
: o Moderate anti-piraters -- who feel that piracy is bad only if the software
: 	being pirated is no longer commercial available

This _should_ read:

 o Moderate anti-piraters -- who feel that piracy is bad only if the
       software being pirated is _still_ commercially available.

: o Kevin Nonnan and friends -- Seem to enjoy posting flames.
: o Potential FAQ writers -- who see this all as an oppurtunity to write new
:   FAQ material.

: Personally, I think I fall mostly into Moderate anti-piracy, and Neutral,
: sort of, since although I'm sort of leaning towards Tom [if only because
: I place little value on people who consistently post abusive articles], I'm
: still trying to be rational about this whole affair and listen to all the
: arguments.

Gawd, I hate to see "me too" postings, but "me, too"  :-)

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